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Urbanisation and industrialisation in the Ostrava region brought in the necessity to build waterworks in the catchment area of the Ostravice River. The extend of the hydrological regime changes alters the ecological characteristics of the river. The above changes significant affect the role of the river as a linear element on the landscape and its correlation to the surrounding elements of ecological stability. - (MS)